Little is currently known about the student experience of Australian vocational education and training (VET) offshore. This research project, commissioned under the Australian Government’s National Strategy for International Education 2025, takes important first steps towards building an evidence base to inform policy, practice and research.

This report presents a summary of statistics relating to young people aged 15 to 19 years who participated in education and training with an Australian provider during the year. Information on participation is presented for school students, higher education students, apprentices and trainees, and vocational education and training (VET) students.

Everyone has a right to education, whether you are leaving school, changing careers, retraining later in life or looking to gain new skills and knowledge. But successive Labor and Liberal governments have treated students as customers and education as a business. As a result, funding has been slashed, student debt has spiralled and the increasing...

This report explores the reasons employers are using unaccredited training, why they chose this form of training over others and whether it is meeting their skill needs.

The IRU recently published a discussion paper, Towards a tertiary future, outlining our vision for tertiary education in Australia. This supplemental paper has now been published by the IRU, digging further into Longitudinal Survey of Australian Youth (LSAY) data around applications, acceptances and completions. This includes breakdowns by state, gender, socioeconomic group and metro/non-metro areas.